Flashdance Gets 40th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD

A few years after joining the Paramount Presents line, Flashdance is making its arrival on 4K UHD for its 40th anniversary. The previous Blu-ray had been newly remastered from a 4K transfer supervised by director Adrian Lyne. Lyne approved the new 4K UHD edition as well. In addition to the 4K UHD disc, the release includes the remastered Blu-ray, digital copy, and all legacy bonus content. Meanwhile, Fathom Events is bringing the film back into…

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Star Wars Celebration 2023: Animated Series Spotlight

The animated series had the spotlight during Star Wars Celebration along with a panel celebrating the 15th anniversary of The Clone Wars. YOUNG JEDI ADVENTURES On Saturday, host Krystina Arielle, executive producer James Waugh and showrunner Michael Olsen welcomed fans of all ages to a special screening of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. The screening began with the debut of the trailer, followed by a Q&A with Waugh and Olson. Dee Bradley Baker, the voice…

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Twister: One Of The Best Disaster Thrillers

The Oscar-nominated Twister follows a group of storm chasers on a dangerous mission to deploy a tornado research device during a storm. I still remember watching the film while on vacation in St. Louis back in 1996. It’s one of at least two Steven Spielberg films that I saw while my family was on vacation–the other being Saving Private Ryan while vacationing in Detroit in 1998. Maybe it’s because I saw this during a pivotal…

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Star Wars Celebration News Includes Three Films, Daisy Ridley Returning

Star Wars Celebration in London is taking the pop culture world by storm with a slew of casting announcements and trailer reveals. Friday saw the studio panel taking place, which made the most news on the feature film friend. There were some panels dedicated to the TV side but Rey Skywalker is officially returning in live-action. This isn’t all as Dave Filoni will be tying up all of The Mandalorian/Ahsoka threads with a feature-film. How…

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Ahsoka Trailer, Key Art Unveiled During Star Wars Celebration

The trailer and key art for the upcoming Ahsoka, premiering this August, were unveiled during Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023. The unveiling for the teaser trailer took place on Friday, with more casting announcements coming on Saturday. One might as well refer to the series as Star Wars Rebels: Season 5. Many of the characters make their transition to live-action. It’s very possible that Zeb could make an appearance since his character is now a…

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Objective, Burma! Is A Solid-But-Flawed War Film

Objective, Burma! is based on the six-month raid by Merrill’s Marauders, albeit loosely, as a part of the Southeast Asian theatre in WW2. In short, Captain Nelson (Errol Flynn) leads a group of U.S. Army paratroopers into Burma. Their objective is to take out a Japanese radar station because of it’s strategic location. Unfortunately, they miss their rendezvous because the Japanese are waiting at the airstrip. Captain Nelson makes the call and the 36-men team–after splitting…

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Sons of Liberty: An Oscar-Winning Short Film

Sons of Liberty is an Oscar-winning short film that tells the story of Haym Salomon, the Jewish financier of the American Revolution. It’s not often that Jewish synagogues were depicted on screen during Hollywood’s early years. The founding moguls didn’t push across their religion on screen. Even in The Life of Emile Zola, a film in which antisemitism plays a strong role, they didn’t even say Jew or Jewish at any point in the film.…

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The Mandalorian: Chapter 22 – Guns for Hire

Chapter 22 of The Mandalorian sees veteran Star Wars director Bryce Dallas Howard going behind the camera for another episode. Spoilers follow for the newest episode of The Mandalorian. Did anybody else know that Jack Black and Lizzo were going to be joining the Star Wars universe? Just me? Okay. Christopher Lloyd finally makes his appearance on the show and well, you’re in for quite the treat. But anyway, this episode is probably going to…

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High Plains Drifter Marks 50th Anniversary

Clint Eastwood’s sophomore directorial outing, High Plains Drifter, marks the 50th anniversary since its theatrical release in 1973. Kino Lorber released the film last year in 4K UHD. The 4K scan is from the original camera negative and comes just a few years after the Kino Lorber release on Blu-ray. I’m a bit late to watching the film but figured to watch for the 50th anniversary. The official anniversary, to my knowledge is on April…

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Cool Hand Luke Arrives On 4K Ultra HD

The Oscar-winning Cool Hand Luke makes its arrival on 4K UHD as Warner Bros. celebrates the studio’s 100th anniversary. “What we’ve got here is…failure to communicate.” – Captain (Strother Martin) The thing that surprises me the most about Cool Hand Luke is that a Jewish filmmaker is directing a film that is very heavy on Christian imagery. Most of this imagery goes above my head because I’m not familiar with the text as I am…

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